Zoro's POV "Prepare yourself to be attacked, without stopping, and with four swords." The giraffe like assassin informed Zoro. Kaku charged towards the pirate, attacking him with two swords and his razor sharp hove feet. Giving Zoro no chance to attack only to defend. "What a powerful attack…" Zoro thought, concentrating on every slash thrown at him. He wouldn't be able to handle much more wounds. "What's wrong? Is blocking all your able to do? You can't defeat me!" Kaku yelled, getting past Zoro's defences and cutting him twice with his swords. Zoro fell back, staggering from the hit. "Mere pirates never had a chance against the government. Everything is worthless compared to justice." The giraffe informed him, continuing with his attacks forcing Zoro back.
"Even those women! Lucci has tired of his toy and will discard her soon!" Kaku taunted, trying to wound Zoro again. A sudden impulse flew threw his body, making the assassin stop. Purple mist engulfed Zoro as his anger grew "Bastard…" Kaku froze, sensing something was different and seeing the shape that the purple mist had taken. "What, just now…For just a moment this man looked like a fierce God with three faces and six arms…What is he?" Kaku thought watching the pirate point a sword at him while panting heavily. "You got cocky…and said too much bastard." Zoro said, anger still pulsing threw his veins. The thought of Robin getting taken to that gate and Kuki with that 'Lucci' infuriated him.
"Did I offend you? Using my most powerful attack rankyaku 'Amanedachi', that I sliced the tower with, I'll slice you in two, and finish this!" Kaku yelled, spinning around and around on his hand. "You should give up, there's nowhere to run! This is different from that demonstration before!" he continued, still spinning. Zoro just stood there, glaring at the rotating giraffe. "Baka…you're the one that should give up." Zoro said, pushing away all the wind that Kaku had made. Suddenly an evil force surrounded him, making it dark. Zoro crossed two blades in front of him, with the other in his mouth. "Demon Spirit, Kyuutouryuu…Asura!"
Luffy and Kuki's POV "Oi, what's going on?" Franky yelled, running into the room. As soon as he saw the mess he froze in the doorway, Kuki was a bloody mess in the corner and straw hat Luffy was steaming…literally. "Franky! Go get to Robin, she's waiting for us!" Luffy yelled, keeping his eyes on his enemy. "Ok, Super Franky has this!" he smiled running to the door on the other side. "I won't let you past that door." Lucci said angrily, in his Leopard/human form. Franky's eyes widened as he closed in on him. "Jet whip!" Luffy yelled, kicking the assassin aside. "Go Franky, I can handle this." Luffy said again, waiting for his opponent to stand. The cyborg nodded his head and burst threw the doors, running franticly towards Robin.
"Soru! Shigan!" Lucci yelled, trying to attack the captain, but failed. Luffy disappeared and flew into the air behind the assassin. "Gomu Gomu no…" he started, stretching his arms. "Tekkai!" Lucci said, in a last second attempt to protect himself. "Jet Bazooka!" Luffy finished, slamming both his hands into Lucci's chest, sending him flying threw a wall. "Your panting pretty hard now, does it have to do with the steam?" Lucci asked, walking towards the pirate. Kuki finally gained consciousness, but could not move that well. She watched as Luffy and Lucci battled it out, both hitting each other and both were dodging. Luffy's skin started dulling, until it was completely back to its original color. , along with the steam, which disappeared completely.
"Hm, just as I thought. It only last for a little while." Lucci smiled, feeling like he had just gained the upper hand. "You feel like you can save everyone? Well the Buster Call is already attacking the islands, and what if water flooded the tunnel?" he asked, smirking
down at the panting pirate. "What?" Luffy wondered, caught by surprise. Without any more notice the assassin kicked back, breaking a part of the wall separating the ocean from the tunnel. Suddenly a waterfall of water started filling the huge room, finding its way to the mouth of the tunnel. "No!" Luffy yelled watching the water block the only exit for his crew. "Now has the silly thought of escaping here with all your friends died?" the leopard asked, enjoying Luffy's discomfort.
Kuki started gasping as the water splashed up to her face, not having enough strength to get up she had to lay there, chocking. Before the room filled up with too much water the zoan type fruit user jump up to the safety of the second level. With a frustrated sigh from Luffy he flung one arm at the chocking Kuki, circling around her waist and pulling her to him, freeing Kuki from the water's grip. "Asshole! Get back here!" he yelled before throwing his other hand to grab a hold of the dark, metal boarder. Once at the top he gently let her go, as she finished coughing up all the water left in her lungs. "Tch, you're still trying to save her?" Lucci groaned, as if Kuki was an eyesore.
Tears tried, but couldn't escape her eyes, maybe she was all dried up, or at least…that's how she felt. "Third Gear!" Luffy yelled, bighting down hard on his thumb. "I can finish this, but I might finish myself off as well…" Kuki thought, looking down at her fingers. Suddenly Luffy blew into his finger, inflating it to the size of a giant's hand. Her eyes almost exploded from her sockets, what was he doing! "Gomu Gomu no GigantPistol!" he screamed, hitting Lucci. Who flew threw the stone wall, falling back into the ocean. Was this the end of her assassin, torturer? No, Kuki heard the crash of wood; Lucci had landed on a marine battleship.
After Luffy jumped out of the fresh, hole in the wall Kuki was left alone to make her final decision. Should she use that technique? Her strongest one, but also the one that could damage her greatly. "If Luffy comes back here and if having trouble then I will, only because he is sacrificing so much for me…" Kuki decided, wiping at her raw, red eyes. Her hand instantly went to her middle back, feeling the small circular scars. She counted twenty, twenty, tiny, but noticeable scars from the injections she received. The injections Lucci had convinced the Government to give her, so she could learn a new, powerful attack. The attack that did almost as much damage to herself then what it did to her opponent.
Suddenly Luffy flew back into the hole, but he was only twice his size. Kuki looked at him, raising one eyebrow at the chibi Luffy. "What…happened?" she asked, as he trotted over to her. He grinned up at the girl before answering "After effects of Third Gear, give it a minute." Luffy explained in a voice a couple tones higher then his normal. For some reason Kuki couldn't hold back the laughter that had creeped up on her. "Hey, I'm not funny!" Luffy exclaimed, stomping his feet. "You're laughing at a time like this?" Lucci's voice carried to them as he stood in the 'new' doorway Luffy had created. Kuki's laughter caught in her throat, as she remembered her decision. "You're defenceless, but you still act carelessly, Straw Hat." He said casually, stepping into the huge room.
"Step back, I'm going to end this." She mumbled to the, still short, pirate captain. Luffy looked up at her, squinting as if he was trying to understand what she meant. Kuki stood in front of him, in the middle of the pirate and the assassin. She raised her arms, placing her fingers into her traditional triangle shape. Kuki gazed down her 'handmade' aiming system, seeing the shape of a smirking Lucci. He raised her eyebrow at him, knowing what she was planning. "Your not going to do it, you can't…you know what'll happen." The assassin laughed, casually taking strides towards her. "What…?" Luffy asked, eyeing Kuki, wondering what she was planning. "Kaze Kaze no Poison Breath!"